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buy time — ► buy time delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one s own position. Main Entry: ↑buy … English terms dictionary

buy time — verb act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑delay, ↑detain, ↑hold up • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * delay an event temporarily so as to … Useful english dictionary

buy time — tv. to use a tactic to postpone something. □ You are just doing this to buy time. □ Maybe I can buy some time by asking for a continuance … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

buy time — to obtain a longer period before something happens. We were quickly running out of money but managed to buy time by getting a small loan … New idioms dictionary

buy time — request time to plan, ask for extra time If we can just buy a little time, maybe the price will go down … English idioms

buy time — verb Purposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else. We need you to buy us some time, so distract the security guard for a few minutes … Wiktionary

buy time — delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one s own position. → buy … English new terms dictionary

buy — [bī] vt. bought, buying [ME bien &LT; OE bycgan &LT; ? IE base of BOW1] 1. to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase 2. to get as by an exchange [buy victory with human lives] 3. to be the means of purchasing [all… … English World dictionary

buy — buy1 [ baı ] (past tense and past participle bought [ bɔt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to get something by paying money for it: I need to buy some new clothes. Now you can buy and sell shares on the Internet. Tickets can be bought … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English